Case for duplicate sale-slips.



PATENTED JUNE 5, 1906. A 0. 0. MUMM; E. 0. QUIMBY & 0. ANDERSON.

CASE FOR DUPLICATE SALE SLIPS.

APPLIOATION FILED 1283.21. 1905.

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PATE'NTED JUNE 5, 1906. O. C. MUMM,-E. G. QUIMBY & G. ANDERSON.

CASE FOR DUPLICATE SALE SLIPS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 21. 1905.

a u W n CHARLES C. MUMM, EDWARD C.

QUIMBY, AND CHARLES ANDERSON,

OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA; SAID QUIMBY AND ANDERSON ASSIGNORS TO SAIDMUMM.

CASE FOR DUPLICATE SALE- SLIPS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 5, 1906.

Application filed February 21, 1905. Serial No. 246,664.

To all whom it ntcty concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES C. MUMM, EDWARD C. QUIMBY, and CHARLESANDER- soN, citizens of the United States, and residents of Minneapolis,Hennepin county, Minnesota, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cases for Duplicate-Sale- Slip Files, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide a case in which a number offiles for duplicate sale-slips can be kept and easily and quicklytransferred from the safe to the bookkeepers desk at the beginning ofthe days business and returned to the safe at the close of the daysbusiness.

A further object is to rovide a case that is capable of being partial lcolla sed, so that it will occupy less space vertically in the safe orvault and will not be increased in length by the collapsing orcontracting operation.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following detaileddescription.

The invention consists generally in a case composed of a series ofpockets that have a sliding connection with one another to allow thecase to be extended and conveniently used during the day and contractedinto a compact form reparatory to being placed in the safe or vault atnight.

Further, the invention consists in various constructions andcombinations, all as hereinafter described, and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a side elevation of the collapsible case, showing the manner ofsupporting the same beneath a shelf or within a suitable receptacle onthe bookkeepers desk. Fig. 2 is a similar view showin the positionassumed by the case when placed within a pigeonhole in the safe orvault, the walls of the pigeonhole being indicated in section. Fig. 3 isa front view-of the case in suspended position ready for use. Figs. 4and 5 are details of the plates of which the case-sections are composed.Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view illustrating the manner of connectingthe sections or pockets of the case together.

In the drawings, 2 represents a suitable receptacle usually placed onthe bookkeepers desk and having a pigeonhole into which the case isinserted preparatory to the days business, the top of the receptaclebeing provided with a plate 3, having downwardly-bent edges 4, whereonthe case is suspended. The case is made up of a series of pocketsarranged one above another and a top plate 5, provided on each side withvertical flanges 6,

having inwardly-turned edges 7, that are inserted between the edges 4and the top of the receptacle. The plate 5 is preferably composed ofsheet metal and, in addition to the upwardly-turned flanges 6, isprovided with depending ears 8 on each side and near each end, said earshaving horizontal lugs 9 formed thereon that are adapted to enter andslide within vertical slots 10, provided in cars 11, that are turnedupwardly from the edges of the plate 12 next beneath, said plate 12forming the bottom of the first pocket of the series. The pockets, aswell as the plate 5, are all stamped out of sheet metal. The plate 12 isalso provided with side and end flanges 13 and 14, which act,respectively, as guides and a stop for the sale-slip file 15 when it isinserted into the pocket. The flange 14, as shown in Fig. 1, is locatedat the inner or rear end only of the plate to form a stop at that point,the opposite end being unobstructed to permit the convenient insertionor removal of the file. The slots 10 are of sufficient length to allow afree sliding movement of the lugs 9 therein and permit the plate 12 todrop by gravity away from the top of the case when it is hung in thepigeonhole and increase the depth of the pocket preparatory to using, orto be moved toward the top of the case and decrease the depth of thepocket, so that it will occupy less space when placed in the safe orvault for the night.

In addition to the ears 11 the plate 12 is also provided with dependingears 8, corresponding to those first described, but offset with respectthereto, and the plate forming the bottom of the pocket next below theplate 12 is provided with upwardly-turned ears corresponding to the ears11, but located at one side thereof opposite the depending ears on theplate 12. This construction is carried out in a similar manner to thebottom of the case, each pocket being like the preceding one, exceptthat the upwardly-turned ears and the depending ones are alternatelyarranged, the ears on one plate being out of line-with those on thecontiguous plate, but in line with the second ones above and below: Theeffect of this construction is to allow a partial collapse of the caseand permit it to be inserted into a much smaller vertical space in thesafe than it normally occupies while in use during the day, and at thesame time the ends of the pockets remain in alinement with one anotherwhen expanded or contracted. As many of the pockets or sections can beused as are necessary to form a case of the desiredsize to suit theneeds of each merchants business and the accommodations for the case inthe safe.

We claim as our i.nvention 1. A case for duplicate-sale-slip filescomprising a series of pockets each composed of a sheet-metal platehaving depending and upwardly-extending ears, some of said ears havingvertical slots to receive horizontal tongues provided on the contiguousears, and said tongues having a limited vertical movement in said slotsto allow the said pockets to be increased or decreased in depth, for thepurpose s ecified.

2. A case for duplicate-sale-slip files, comprising a series ofsheet-metal plates having upwardly and downwardly turned ears, the earsof one plate having a sliding connection with the op ositely-extendingears of the contiguous p ate to allow the expansion and contraction ofthe case, substantially as described.

3. A case for duplicate-sale-slip files, comprising a series ofsheet-metal sections, having upwardly extending flanges forming guidesfor the files, and a series of upwardly and downwardly turned ears, theears of one section having a sliding connection with theoppositelyarranged ears of the contiguous section, for the purpose setforth.

4. A case for duplicate-sale-slip files, comprising a series ofsheet-metal sections or pockets having guiding means for files placed towe ggried ei slq eno no ease adj therein, each section having a slidingconnection with the contiguous section to allow the expansion orcontraction of the case and the ends of said sections remaining invertical alinement with one another during such eX- pansion andcontraction, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with a receptacle 2 having a top provided with aplate 3 with downwardly-bent edges 4, of a file-case composed of aseries of sections or pockets fitting Within said receptacle, eachsection having a sliding connection with the contiguous section wherebyeither the contraction or expansion of the case is permitted, and theupper section of the series having means to engage the said edges 4 andsupport saidcase within said receptacle, substantially as described.

6. A case for duplicate-sale-slip files com prising a series of pocketsarranged one above another and having guides and stops for the filesplaced therein, each section having a sliding connection with thecontiguous one to allow the expansion and contraction of the case, theends of said pockets remaining in vertical alinement with each otherduring such movement, substantially as described.

7. A case for duplicate-sale-slip files comprising a series of pocketshaving guiding means for files placed therein, each pocket having asliding connection with the contiguous one in a direction substantiallyat right angles to the plane of the same to allow the expansion orcontraction of the case, substan tially as described.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 15th day ofFebruary, 1905.

CHARLES C. MUMM. EDWARD OQUIMBY. CHARLES ANDERSON.

Witnesses: V

RICHARD PA L, C. MAONAMARA.

